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Irish Child Health Database - Peer Reviewed Papers

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Cystic Fibrosis/ microbiology

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• 1.   Improved cultural detection of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum in patients with cystic fibrosis

  This study examined the sensitivity and specificity of two selective media for the isolation of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum specimens in patients with cystic fibrosis

  

  Abstract:

  AIMS: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of two selective media for the isolation of Burkholderia cepacia from sputum specimens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS: In total, 149 expectorated sputum specimens from 113 patients with CF (32 cepacia colonised patients and 81 non-cepacia colonised patients) attending three CF centres were examined for the presence of B more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool laboratory - Burkholderia cepacia

  Categories:

  media (gel); Burkholderia cepacia; cystic fibrosis

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Clin Pathol, Vol: 54 Page: 803-5 October 2001
  R. M. Wright; J. E. Moore; A. Shaw; K. Dunbar; M. Dodd; K. Webb; A. O. Redmond; M. Crowe; P. G. Murphy; S. Peacock; J. S. Elborn

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• 2.   Molecular (PCR) detection of Pseudomonas spp. other than P. aeruginosa directly from the sputum of adults and children with cystic fibrosis

  The aim of this study was to examine molecular detection of Pseudomonas spp., other than P. aeruginosa, directly from the sputum of adults and children with cystic fibrosis

  

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - Metabolic disorders - cystic fibrosis

  Categories:

  Pseudomonas spp.; cystic fibrosis

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Biomed Sci, Vol: 61 Page: 147-9 2004
  J. Xu; J. E. Moore; P. G. Murphy; B. C. Millar; A. O. Redmond; J. S. Elborn

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• 3.   Segregation--the perspectives of young patients and their parents

  The aim of this study was to examine patients and carers' views and to involve them in the process of introducing segregation in a paediatric cystic fibrosis centre

  

  Abstract:

  BACKGROUND: Segregation is used increasingly to prevent cross infection, yet little is known about service users' views regarding segregation and its perceived impact. The aim of this study was to elicit patients and carers' views and to involve them in the process of introducing segregation in a paediatric CF centre. METHOD: Open-ended questionnaires were posted to all parents (n=192) more...

  International Classification:

  Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - Metabolic disorders - cystic fibrosis

  Categories:

  cystic fibrosis

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  J Cyst Fibros, Vol: 5 Page: 93-9 May 2006
  K. Russo; M. Donnelly; A. J. Reid

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